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单词 submissive
释义
submissive
adjective
uk
/səbˈmɪs.ɪv/us
/səbˈmɪs.ɪv/
allowingyourself to becontrolledby otherpeopleoranimals:
He waslookingfor aquiet, submissivewifewho wouldobeyhis every word.他想找一个温顺娴静的妻子，对他百依百顺。
In thepresenceofolderbirds, theyoungereaglestendto be submissive.
Synonyms
serviledisapproving
slavishdisapproving
Opposites
dominant
domineeringdisapproving
More examples
  • They do notnecessarilyhave to be submissive to thePresident.
  • Researchersfoundthat someAsianAmerican womenfeelpressuretofitintostereotypesof them as submissivegeishagirls.
  • It'sdisturbingthat thesechildrenhavelearnedto be submissive inorderto not gethit.
  • Thecurrentadviceif youencounteragrizzlybearis toactsubmissive.
  • Thechimpanzeesarelikelytoregardyou as submissive totheirdominance.
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Related words

submissively
submissiveness
(Definition ofsubmissivefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)
submissive
adjective
uk
/səbˈmɪs.ɪv/us
/səbˈmɪs.ɪv/
A submissivepersonallowsthemselves to becontrolledby otherpeople.
顺从的，温顺的，听话的
He waslookingfor aquiet, submissivewifewho wouldobeyhis every word.他想找一个温顺娴静的妻子，对他百依百顺。

submissive| American Dictionary

submissive
adjective
us
/səbˈmɪs·ɪv/
showingawillingnessto becontrolledby otherpeople:
a submissivegesture
(Definition ofsubmissivefrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofsubmissive

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In any culture there are people who are assertive,submissive, friendly, unfriendly, vibrant, mellow, and so on.
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The fight generally comes to a quick conclusion when one of the combatants adopts asubmissiveposture and flees.
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Their ideal notion of femininity was more distinct here and represented through the image of the 'submissivewife', who should obey and please her husband.
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This is nosubmissivemartyr-victim but a woman of physical power and presence.
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Secondly, the closed list encourages party loyalty, a culture of conformism andsubmissivepoliticians.
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Whether she purports to be proper or not, she must be forced back into her role of proper,submissivefemininity.
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It is threatening, not innocuous, eradicating the social presupposition that silent women aresubmissive, rather than "within themselves," speaking a subversive language of neutrality.
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The morals and virtues that it ostensibly taught lauded behaviour that wassubmissive, particularly on the part of women and the young.
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Discomfort can be relieved bysubmissivegestures, such as eye or gaze aversion.
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On the average, women tend to adopt a more socially oriented andsubmissivepattern of behavior than men, who are predominantly taskoriented and assertive.
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Thesubmissivesubgraph is not deleted from the chromosome, but is ignored in most calculations.
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By romanticising the past, older people are urging the younger generation back to asubmissiveposition.
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When the husband dies, his power is far from diminished, because thesubmissivewife continues to conduct her life according to his expectations.
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In such literature there is little place for women, who with few exceptions are no more thansubmissivespouses, rarely seen and never heard.
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A string of epithets usually followed: children were timid,submissive, barely awake, lacking motivation, poorly nourished.
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